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Is the global market for scooters losing out to motorcycles?

Created by : Namrata Pathak, Accounts Manager, American Express  | 02 14 2011 07:48:56 +0000
Industry : Automobile
Keywords : global market scooters motorcycles
Activity:  239 views;  last activity : 03 03 2011 17:30:51 +0000

Remember when daddy dearest used to come home on his scooter and you used to stand on it pretending that you are driving it? It has become a thing of past. Today most of us prefer to buy motorcycles. Even the age old manufacturers of scooters have stopped the production and have turned to motorcycles. Nobody seems to be interested in them anymore. Have these motorcylces replaced the age old scooters? Is the global market for scooters losing out to motorcycles?

  
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When we make a big purchase we have a lot of things on mind. We think of the average , the maintenence and the speed. With the scooters of past all of these were a problem and then came the revolution. The revolution had a name: motorcycle!! So why not should we go for long term economic option?? Motorcyles are better than scooters and so they will rule the world.
By Namrata Pathak, Accounts Manager, American Express  02 14 2011 07:48:56 +0000
 
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Still there exist a dedicated -to-scooters public. Plus those who still can't afford motorbikes do invest in scooters. Like any trend which returns with a bit of renovation and innovation.. scooters too would make a good come back..
By Bindu Narayan, Product Development Manager, Care Biomedicals  02 14 2011 12:07:12 +0000
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Look matters today. Jo dikhta hai wo bikta hai. Motorcycle has smart look than scooter.
By Anand Sharma, Monitoring the research funded by DIT, Department of Information Technology  | 02 17 2011 09:40:50 +0000
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Yes. It is true. Even for ladies,  we find difficult to find scooters from Bajaj, Honda etc.  Luckily , TVS Scooty is giving it away.  People prefers car now,  than scooters and things like that. There is a shift in purchase pattern visibly now-a-days.
By KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed  | 02 17 2011 07:58:48 +0000
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Agree Motorcycles are ruling the world and scooter is already dead or or on the verge of death.
By Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant  | 02 14 2011 14:42:20 +0000
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Yes, scooter is losing it's market to motorcycle, due to average issue.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 02 14 2011 13:17:19 +0000
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Motorcycle change the scenario, today's consumers basic need average, service, resale value etc and apart from that status, show for youth etc. So these need is ful filled by bike. Day by dy we are facing the hike in petrol. So scooter is becoming down....
By Virag Shah, Confidential  | 02 14 2011 10:12:05 +0000
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Isupport Namrata,that scooter is losing out to motor bikes.The main reason being that bikes are synonymous to adventure and so dear one to younger ones.

Thanks,Namrata for referral.  
By Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer  | 02 14 2011 09:31:49 +0000
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Despite the replacement by motorcycles, still there is customer base for the scooter type vehicles especially from segment like ladies, seniors, and business people using to carry their luggage.It can not be argued that it is completely losing out.

Thanks for the referral Mr.Virag, Mr.Namrata, and Ms.Bindu.
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 03 03 2011 17:30:50 +0000
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no the all mopeds like activa,pleasure are all comes under scooteer they provide a comfortable driving all the girls,youngones and old age persons like to drive scooters even some part of youth also loves driving that so how one can say that scooters are going away from market........
By vivek singhania, get, lanco power ltd.  | 02 14 2011 15:26:48 +0000
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I don't have access to any data to be able to comment on global markets. In India, it seems true for now. But.. but.. everything is not lost for scooters just because junior Bajaj thinks so. Already, a new set of trendy scooters targeted at women, mainly younger women, has arrived. The advantage of new technologies will gradually make them popular among men as well. As I see, the rise of bikes was basically due to better mileage and if a new product can beat the bikes in mileage, the hoards may shift their loyalty all over again.
By Dinesh Chandra Binjola, Freelancer, Freelancer  | 02 14 2011 15:18:34 +0000
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not at all. we can't jump to conclusion based on certain company failed to turn the table. The generation next especially women would create a niche for scooter and saying out rightly that bike will rule the future
By sudhakar , BUSINESS CONSULTANT  | 02 14 2011 13:56:53 +0000
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yes scooters were not favourable with the masses due toage old technology and mileage problem and now again the trend is improving for scooters especially the Hero-Honda Pleasure  in the Women's Segmentand Honda Access is now having a wait period of 3 months for its scooters.Slowly Mahindra Scooters are catching up.
By kasturirangan.r , INSURANCE ADVISOR, Life Insurance Corporation Of India  | 02 14 2011 13:27:40 +0000
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